Rochester and Strood by-election, 2014

Rochester and Strood by-election, 2014

2010 ← 20 November 2014 (2014-11-20) → 2015

Candidate Mark Reckless Kelly Tolhurst Naushabah Khan Party UKIP Conservative Labour Popular vote 16,867 13,947 6,713 Percentage 42.1 34.8 16.8

Location of Rochester and Strood constituency within Kent

MP before election Mark Reckless Conservative Subsequent MP Mark Reckless UKIP

Mark Reckless
Conservative

Mark Reckless
UKIP

The Rochester and Strood by-election was a by-election for the UK parliamentary constituency of Rochester and Strood in Kent, England, held on 20 November 2014. The by-election was triggered when the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Mark Reckless, left the Conservative Party and joined the UK Independence Party (UKIP). He resigned his seat in Parliament in order to seek re-election for his new party.

Reckless retained the seat, and polled 42.1% of the vote as the UKIP candidate. The Conservative Party came second with 34.8%, and Labour third with 16.8%. The other ten candidates lost their deposits, including the Liberal Democrats whose 0.87% vote share was a record low for them, and the lowest ever for a party in government.

This was the last by-election of the 2010-2015 Parliament.

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